FBI Agent Robert Wright's First Public Statement After 9/11 Attacks (www.VulgarBetrayal.com) — Transcript

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1. 0:00first of all I'd like to say I'm not
2. 0:01representing the FBI anything I say is
3. 0:04not supported by the FBI or the opinions
4. 0:07of the FBI these are my own personal
5. 0:09opinions what I am about to read to you
6. 0:14I had submitted for a pre-publication
7. 0:17review and it was approved and this was
8. 0:21back in February since August of 1999
9. 0:25I've been working to legally expose the
10. 0:28very real and foreseeable Middle Eastern
11. 0:30terrorist threats to American citizens
12. 0:32at home and abroad from 1993 to 1999 I
13. 0:37was assigned to the Chicago divisions
14. 0:39counterterrorism task force in this
15. 0:41capacity I became familiar with the
16. 0:43techniques used by international
17. 0:45terrorist organizations to sir petition
18. 0:48move money launder money in and out of
19. 0:50the United States including through the
20. 0:52use of domestic financial institutions
21. 0:54in support of terrorists and
22. 0:56paramilitary activities and operations
23. 0:58in the United States and abroad
24. 1:00including the State of Israel and
25. 1:02elsewhere against the wishes of some at
26. 1:06the FBI in 1995 when I uncovered
27. 1:08criminal violations of several of my
28. 1:10cases I promptly initiated active
29. 1:13terrors and criminal investigations on
30. 1:15these subjects I developed probable
31. 1:19cause to believe that some of these
32. 1:21transfers or transmissions have been of
33. 1:24money intended to be used in the support
34. 1:26of domestic and international terrorism
35. 1:28activities the illegal transfers have
36. 1:31supported specific terrorist activities
37. 1:32involving the extortion kidnapping and
38. 1:34murder of at least one Israeli citizen
39. 1:38the successful investigation which was
40. 1:41codenamed vulgar betrayal vul GA our
41. 1:44betrayal led to the June 1998 seizure of
42. 1:481.4 million dollars at Middle Eastern
43. 1:50terrorist funding the seizure was the
44. 1:53first occasion that the United States
45. 1:55government utilized a civil forfeiture
46. 1:57laws to seize assets in the United
47. 1:59States these funds were linked directly
48. 2:02to Saudi businessman Yassin kotti on
49. 2:05October 12th 2001 approximately one
50. 2:09month after the attack
51. 2:12Yassine kadhi was designated by the
52. 2:15United States government as a financial
53. 2:16supporter of Osama bin Laden
54. 2:19despite the unqualified success of the
55. 2:22investigation of the Middle Eastern
56. 2:24terrorists FBI management failed to take
57. 2:26seriously the threat of terrorism in the
58. 2:28United States specifically FBI
59. 2:31management intentionally and repeatedly
60. 2:33thwarted and obstructed my attempts to
61. 2:36launch a more comprehensive
62. 2:37investigation to identify and to
63. 2:39neutralize terrorist
64. 2:41the FBI's lack of support for the vulgar
65. 2:45betrayal investigation was obvious to my
66. 2:47new supervisor in 1980 1998 who after
67. 2:51only four months of being on the squad
68. 2:53road quote agent Wright has spearheaded
69. 2:55this effort despite an embarrassing lack
70. 2:57of investigative resources available to
71. 3:00the case such as computers financially
72. 3:03Canales to software and a team of
73. 3:05financial analysts although far from
74. 3:07being concluded the success of this
75. 3:09investigation so far has been entirely
76. 3:12due to the foresight and perseverance of
77. 3:14agent right
78. 3:14close quote although the vulgar betrayal
79. 3:18investigation had been proposed for
80. 3:20designation as a major FBI case because
81. 3:23of its far-reaching scope in 1999 in an
82. 3:27effort to further the terrorism
83. 3:29investigation I had to purchase
84. 3:32much-needed software computer software
85. 3:34in a scanner with my own funds since I
86. 3:37was unable to obtain the necessary
87. 3:38funding from the FBI I sought to
88. 3:42communicate my experiences as Larry had
89. 3:44said and David said to Congress and
90. 3:46others in the public interest
91. 3:48following the September 11th attacks
92. 3:49however a threat was leveled by
93. 3:52department justice official against me
94. 3:53through my attorneys to prevent me from
95. 3:55meeting with members of Congress during
96. 3:57the week following September 11th it
97. 4:00came from the attorney general's office
98. 4:01in fact the following morning in order
99. 4:05to prevent me from traveling from
100. 4:06Washington DC or to Washington DC from
101. 4:09Chicago on my own time I was told by the
102. 4:12FBI division that I could not travel
103. 4:14outside of Chicago without permission
104. 4:15from the FBI my efforts have always been
105. 4:19geared towards neutralizing the
106. 4:21terrorist threat
107. 4:22focused on taking the lives of American
108. 4:23citizens in addition to harming the
109. 4:26national and economic security of
110. 4:28America however as a direct result of
111. 4:31the incompetency and at times
112. 4:33intentional obstruction of justice by
113. 4:36FBI management to prevent me from
114. 4:38bringing the terrorists to justice
115. 4:40Americans have unknowingly been exposed
116. 4:42to potential terrorist attacks for years
117. 4:46since August 1999 I've been working to
118. 4:50legally expose the FBI's incompetence
119. 4:51and dereliction of duty in the Terrorism
120. 4:53arena as a result starting in August of
121. 4:581999 I began writing a manuscript here
122. 5:02was single-spaced 500 pages it was
123. 5:05titled fatal betrayals of the
124. 5:07intelligence mission the manuscript
125. 5:10outlines the FBI's intentional at times
126. 5:12failure to pursue the terrorists and
127. 5:14thereby prevent terrorist attacks
128. 5:16ironically I completed the text of the
129. 5:21manuscript two days after the September
130. 5:2411th attack on September 10th I had all
131. 5:27but the last three pages completed in
132. 5:30addition on November 5th 2001 through my
133. 5:34attorneys a 38 page complaint was filed
134. 5:36with the United States Department of
135. 5:37Justice Office of Inspector General's
136. 5:39Office for quote for dereliction of duty
137. 5:43by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
138. 5:45in failing to investigate and prosecute
139. 5:46terrorism and obstruction of justice and
140. 5:48retaliating against Special Agent Robert
141. 5:50Wright jr. also on January 14th actually
142. 5:55February of 2002 through my attorney
143. 5:57David shippers a 118 page complaint was
144. 6:01filed with the United States Department
145. 6:02of Justice Office of Inspector General
146. 6:05detailing whistleblowing retaliation by
147. 6:08the Federal Bureau of Investigation
148. 6:09against myself
149. 6:13FBI rules and regulations prohibit me
150. 6:16from disseminating these documents to
151. 6:18anyone including President Bush in
152. 6:20members of Congress before submitting
153. 6:22the written material to the
154. 6:23pre-publication review unit of the FBI
155. 6:26therefore in a good-faith effort to
156. 6:28legally share the contents of all these
157. 6:30documents with the president members of
158. 6:32Congress and the American people I have
159. 6:35abided by the FBI's established rules
160. 6:37and submitted the manuscript and
161. 6:39complaints to the FBI's pre-publication
162. 6:41review unit for review On June 9th 2001
163. 6:47after questioning by friends co-workers
164. 6:50and family members regarding my motive
165. 6:54for writing this manuscript and through
166. 6:56exposing the bureau's dereliction of
167. 6:57duty in the Terrorism arena I drafted a
168. 7:00mission statement which was completed 91
169. 7:04days before September 11th and I will
170. 7:07read that to you now that also was
171. 7:09reviewed and by FBI headquarters an
172. 7:12approved mission statement reads the FBI
173. 7:16is America's top law enforcement agency
174. 7:18and as such its mission is to protect
175. 7:20America and its citizens at home and
176. 7:23abroad the strength of the FBI has
177. 7:25always been in the public's trust and
178. 7:27integrity in the quality of the FBI's
179. 7:29investigations however in light of the
180. 7:32many FBI mistakes which have surfaced
181. 7:34during the past decade and additional
182. 7:36mistakes which will be exposed in future
183. 7:38legal actions and a book I'm writing
184. 7:40entitled fatal betrayals of the
185. 7:41intelligence mission America's
186. 7:43confidence level in the FBI will further
187. 7:45erode however as a nation we must work
188. 7:49together and seeking to regain the
189. 7:51confidence level we once had in the FBI
190. 7:53to achieve its vital mission of
191. 7:55protecting the safety and welfare of its
192. 7:58citizens at home and abroad
193. 8:00the FBI is going through a difficult
194. 8:02time however I'm confident the FBI and
195. 8:05the American people can overcome these
196. 8:06difficulties together we can and must
197. 8:10resolve the difficult issues surrounding
198. 8:12the problems within the FBI America
199. 8:15cannot afford to have its top law
200. 8:16enforcement agency continued to be lacks
201. 8:18in areas fundamental to the national
202. 8:20security of this country I love America
203. 8:23and I love the FBI
204. 8:27particularly its purpose in its mission
205. 8:30however the mission has been seriously
206. 8:32jeopardized in my opinion to the point
207. 8:35that American lives have been needlessly
208. 8:36lost accordingly I'm seeking a thorough
209. 8:39review and complete housecleaning to
210. 8:41identify and fix the FBI's problems
211. 8:44whether they be managers agents
212. 8:46procedures policies and/or inadequate
213. 8:49laws excuse me sorry about that
214. 8:57in my opinion there are a combination of
215. 9:00reasons why the FBI has failed to
216. 9:02maintain the public trust these include
217. 9:05the lack of quality managers the lack of
218. 9:08program goals and objectives the lack of
219. 9:11modern computer technology the failure
220. 9:15to modernize investigative objectives
221. 9:17the agencies is overwhelmed with too
222. 9:20many investigative violations a lack of
223. 9:23independent oversight of the agency and
224. 9:25by that I mean incompetent managers are
225. 9:27not held accountable for their mistakes
226. 9:29Syria there are serious intelligence
227. 9:32versus criminal investigative conflicts
228. 9:34which have contributed to the
229. 9:35preventable deaths of American citizens
230. 9:38the FBI's duplication of investigative
231. 9:41general law enforcement agencies such as
232. 9:43the DEA in the ATF as an 11 year veteran
233. 9:48of the FBI it is my opinion that the
234. 9:51management of the FBI is incapable of
235. 9:53resolving this issues on its own any
236. 9:55cosmetic attempt by the FBI to fix
237. 9:57itself is not realistic in my opinion
238. 9:59little would actually change mainly due
239. 10:02to the mentality of the poor FBI
240. 10:04leadership and again this was written
241. 10:06before director Mueller became the
242. 10:08director therefore in the interest of
243. 10:12America's national and Economic Security
244. 10:14I believe President Bush and Congress
245. 10:17should work together to implement a task
246. 10:19force made up of experts from outside
247. 10:20the FBI to conduct a top-to-bottom
248. 10:23review of the FBI's hiring procedures
249. 10:25investigative procedures outdated or
250. 10:28unnecessary investigating to investigate
251. 10:30violations information technology
252. 10:33records management and overall
253. 10:35organizational structure and the FBI's
254. 10:37mission and many of these have been
255. 10:40addressed since this was drafted the
256. 10:43task force should include experts in my
257. 10:46opinion from state and local law
258. 10:47enforcement offices computer technology
259. 10:50experts management information
260. 10:52specialists and a state state and
261. 10:54federal prosecutors I believe anyone who
262. 10:56is affected by or relies upon the FBI
263. 10:59should be involved in this critical and
264. 11:00necessary restructuring of the FBI the
265. 11:03information collected by the FBI should
266. 11:05be utilized to effectively protect
267. 11:07Americans
268. 11:08in the national and economic security of
269. 11:10America I believe a significant portion
270. 11:15of the criminal activity investigated by
271. 11:17the FBI is linked directly to the sale
272. 11:19or the use of illegal drugs
273. 11:21the FBI is even established drug squads
274. 11:24throughout the country to investigate
275. 11:25drug related matters however except in
276. 11:28my opinion there is a separate federal
277. 11:31agency the Drug Enforcement Agency DEA
278. 11:33which already exists therefore I believe
279. 11:36such a task force investigating the FBI
280. 11:39for restructuring should seriously
281. 11:40consider consolidating the DEA into the
282. 11:44FBI more importantly the task force must
283. 11:49seriously consider removing the
284. 11:50intestine Eve terrorism investigative
285. 11:53matters from the hands of the FBI for
286. 11:56reasons of consistency reliability and
287. 11:59national security these responsibilities
288. 12:01should be assigned to a new federal
289. 12:02anti-terrorism agency simply switch the
290. 12:06terrorism responsibilities of the FBI
291. 12:08with the drug enforcement Paula truck
292. 12:11enforcement responsibilities knowing
293. 12:16what I know and again this was written
294. 12:1891 days before the attack knowing what I
295. 12:21know I can confidently say that until
296. 12:24the investigative responsibilities for
297. 12:26terrorism are removed from the FBI I
298. 12:28will not feel safe the FBI has proven
299. 12:32for the past decade it cannot identify
300. 12:33and prevent acts of terrorism against
301. 12:35the United States and its citizens at
302. 12:37home and abroad even worse there is
303. 12:40virtually no effort on the part of the
304. 12:42FBI's international terrorism unit to
305. 12:44neutralize known and suspected
306. 12:45terrorists residing within the United
307. 12:48States unfortunately more terrorist
308. 12:52attacks against American interests
309. 12:53coupled with the loss of American lives
310. 12:55will have to occur before those in power
311. 12:58give this matter the urgent attention it
312. 13:00deserves realizing more American lives
313. 13:04are going to be needlessly lost no one
314. 13:06should expect me to consciously sit idly
315. 13:08by and pretend to forget the things I
316. 13:09know by sharing what I know the
317. 13:12terrorism problems plaguing America may
318. 13:14be corrected knowing what I know
319. 13:16I truly believe I would be derelict in
320. 13:19my duty as
321. 13:19American if I did not do my best to
322. 13:22bring the FBI's dereliction of duty to
323. 13:23the attention of others therefore in an
324. 13:27effort to prevent more deadly terrorist
325. 13:28attacks against American interest at
326. 13:29home and abroad I have made it my
327. 13:32mission with the legal assistance of
328. 13:34attorney David shippers to legally
329. 13:37expose the problems of the FBI to the
330. 13:39President of the United States to the
331. 13:41United States Congress into the American
332. 13:43people the main objective of the the
333. 13:49manuscript there's going to be people
334. 13:51who are going to say that this is for
335. 13:54profit and that that's just not the case
336. 13:57it was to be made available to Congress
337. 14:00so changes could be made and the
338. 14:02manuscript outlines in very specific
339. 14:06detail what I believe allowed September
340. 14:1211th to happen yes and it was written
341. 14:21before September 11th except for the
342. 14:22last three pages so and I don't know if
343. 14:25Congress is aware of it the Bureau has
344. 14:27made Congress aware of it or not that's
345. 14:29part of the purpose of today's press
346. 14:31conference so that they are well aware
347. 14:33of it I believe they need to review this
348. 14:35whoever's and the investigative arm does
349. 14:39need to review this document in my
350. 14:40opinion to the families and victims of
351. 14:52September 11th on behalf of a John
352. 14:56Vincent berry carnby myself sorry the
353. 15:03reference to John Vincent and Barry
354. 15:05Carmody are references to other FBI
355. 15:09agents who want to come forward to tell
356. 15:11the truth I'm gonna introduce you in a
357. 15:14few minutes - tom Fitton formerly our
358. 15:16president who's gonna read a sworn
359. 15:17affidavit by Barry Carmody dealing with
360. 15:20one aspect of this whole sordid affair
361. 15:24and how the FBI failed to do its job I
362. 15:27want to point out that under FBI
363. 15:30regulations after Judicial Watch and
364. 15:32Dave shippers requested clearance the
365. 15:34special agent right could talk to the
366. 15:38American people and you can see that he
367. 15:40was trying to make the change inside the
368. 15:42FBI before 9/11 happened FBI had this
369. 15:47information the Attorney General most
370. 15:48likely had this information John
371. 15:50Ashcroft but they wouldn't even give him
372. 15:53clearance and they had 30 days to give
373. 15:55him clearance that's the regulation
374. 15:56instead of giving him clearance they
375. 15:58jerked him around and they continue to
376. 16:01do more than jerk him around by